Fifty days removed from a life-threatening fight with substance abuse, Todd Snider reunites for a sold-out show tonight in Nashville at the Belcourt Theater with the Nervous Wrecks– his first show since November 8th. Tomorrow the band rolls into Memphis for a performance on Beale Street at the Gibson Lounge. Following that Snider [...]

Wired is reporting that Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno are launching a sort of musicians cooperative that will allow artists to free themselves from the often oppressive bonds of modern recording contracts. Under the arrangement artists would retain creative control of their music and sell it via downloads.
It’s an interesting proposition but [...]

In an interview with the Honolulu Star Bulletin Jimmy Buffett confirmed his new country album has been renamed License To Chill which is now the title track and performed with Kenny Chesney. The album is a return to Buffett’s earlier work and features many of today’s country stars as well as some of Nashville’s [...]

Nashville has been abuzz about Mindy Smith since her appearance on Various Artists - Songs Of Dolly Parton - Just Because I’m A Woman showing off her voice on “Jolene.” Her songwriting reputation has been solid among Nashville’s elite but it wasn’t until that breakout performance had the public at-large been fortunate enough [...]

I grew up in a very small town in the middle of Indiana. I spent most of my days looking to find a way out, daydreaming about being anyone except myself. Like many small town dreamers I was bigger than that town–better than anything it could ever give me. I was meant [...]

Someone recently asked the million dollar question–how do I make it in the music industry? Once it’s on the table you’ll hear twenty different opinions from ten different people and none of them will lead you to the golden land. You’ll get business advice, advice on songs, advice about where to live–you’ll hear [...]

Art Garfunkel was chared in New York for marijuana possession after being pulled over Saturday for a speeding violation. His limousine smelled of marijuana which lead a NY State Trooper to a small amount of pot in Garfunkel’s pocket.
I’m not surprised. To quote the fuzzy-haired wonder, “Blessed are the meth drinkers, [...]

Rodney Crowell’s Fate’s Right Hand is one of the best albums of his career and certainly of the last year. Now you can catch a little bit of Rodney performing songs from this disc on Austin City Limits on January 24, 2004. Rodney performs with his band after a set by Aussie Keith [...]

One of my favorite things on television are the preliminary rounds of American Idol. Nothing delights me more than the long list of hideous aspiring singers getting roasted before the judges. The pain of watching another’s failure is both a riot and difficult like sweet and sour pork on an empty stomach. [...]

This weekend I caught Rosanne Cash’s “September When It Comes” on CMT. It’s a haunting song written by Cash and her husband John Leventhal and recorded with her late father Johnny Cash. The video is laced with very personal images of Johnny and his through the years–the scenes range from a young man [...]